Tbarcode Office Barcode Add-In for Microsoft® Office
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TBarCode Office Barcode Add-In for Microsoft® Office Version 10.9 User Manual 20 November 2019 TEC-IT Datenverarbeitung GmbH Hans-W agner-Str. 6 A-4400 Steyr, Austria t ++43 (0)7252 72720 f ++43 (0)7252 72720 77 [email protected] www.tec-it.com TBarCode Office User Manual 1 Content 1 Content 2 1.1 List of Figures 4 1.2 List of Tables 5 2 Disclaimer 6 3 Introduction 7 3.1 What is TBarCode Office? 7 3.2 Scope of this Document 7 3.3 Restrictions of the Demo Version 7 4 Installation 8 4.1 Requirements 8 4.1.1 Dependencies 8 4.2 Download and Setup 8 5 User Interface 9 5.1 TBarCode Office for Microsoft Word 9 5.1.1 Activating the Barcode Panel 9 5.1.2 TBarCode Office Panel 9 5.1.3 Options 10 5.2 TBarCode Office for Microsoft Excel 12 5.2.1 Activating the Barcode Panel 12 5.2.2 TBarCode Office Panel 12 5.2.3 Options 13 5.3 User Interface Common for Word and Excel 14 5.3.1 Templates 14 5.3.2 Version Information / Update Notification 15 6 Using TBarCode Office 16 6.1 Operations Common for Word and Excel 16 6.1.1 Inserting a Barcode 16 6.1.1.1 Using the Insert Button 16 6.1.1.2 Using the Insert Tab 16 6.1.1.3 Using the Add-Ins Tab 16 6.1.2 Updating a Barcode 17 6.1.3 Deleting a Barcode 17 6.1.4 Loading a Template 17 6.2 Microsoft Word 18 6.2.1 Create Mailings 18 6.2.2 Create Labels 19 6.2.2.1 Resulting Labels 20 6.2.3 Insert Document Properties 21 6.2.4 Reference Content Controls, Legacy Form Fields and Bookmarks 22 6.2.5 Limitations Word Add-In 23 6.2.5.1 System Resources 23 6.2.6 Known Issues Word Add-In 23 6.3 Microsoft Excel 25 6.3.1 Link a Cell with a Barcode 25 6.3.1.1 Manual Linking 25 6.3.1.2 Automatic Linking 25 6.3.2 Generate Barcode-Lists 26 6.3.2.1 General Guide for Creating Barcode Lists 26 6.3.3 Updating Barcode Controls 26 6.3.4 Interferences with VBA 26 6.3.5 Limitations Excel Add-In 27 6.3.5.1 System Resources 27 6.3.6 Known Issues Excel Add-In 27 6.3.6.1 Resizing Issues 28 7 Barcode Settings 29 7.1 Introduction 29 7.2 Property Page “Barcode” 29 7.2.1 Barcode Type (Symbology) 29 7.2.2 Button “Adjust…” 29 7.2.3 Barcode Data 30 7.2.4 Encoding Mode 30 7.2.5 Code page 30 7.2.6 Format/Subset 30 7.2.7 Check Digit 31 7.2.7.1 Check Digit Calculation 31 Page 2 of 63 TBarCode Office User Manual 7.2.8 Compression 31 7.2.9 Suppress Error Messages 32 7.2.10 Translate Escape Sequences 32 7.2.11 Button “License…” 32 7.2.12 Button “About…” 32 7.3 Property Page “Appearance” 33 7.3.1 General 33 7.3.1.1 Orientation 33 7.3.1.2 Print Ratio 33 7.3.1.3 Back Style 33 7.3.1.4 Bar Width Reduction [%] 34 7.3.1.5 Bearer Bars 34 7.3.1.6 Bearer Bar Width [1/1000 mm] 34 7.3.1.7 Draw Mode 34 7.3.1.8 Quiet Zone 35 7.3.2 Text Options 35 7.3.2.1 Print Text 35 7.3.2.2 Above Symbol 35 7.3.2.3 Alignment 35 7.3.2.4 Text Distance 36 7.3.3 Barcode Size and Module Width 36 7.3.3.1 Mode 36 7.3.3.2 Module Width [1/1000 mm] 36 7.3.3.3 Resolution 36 7.3.3.4 Custom Resolution (DPI) 37 7.3.3.5 Decoder 37 7.3.4 Display Error if Barcode is clipped 37 7.4 Property Page “Multiple Barcodes” 39 7.4.1 Enable Multiple Barcodes 39 7.5 Property Page “Font” 40 7.5.1 Properties 40 7.5.2 Font 40 7.5.3 Size 40 7.5.4 Effects 40 7.5.5 Sample Text 40 7.6 Property Page “Color” 41 7.6.1 Properties 41 7.6.2 Color Set 41 7.6.3 Color Palette 41 7.6.4 Edit Custom Color… 41 7.7 Adjust… 42 7.8 Adjust Properties: Aztec Code 43 7.8.1 Format / Format Specifier 43 7.8.2 Symbol Size 43 7.8.3 Enforce binary encoding 43 7.8.4 Enable Aztec Runes 43 7.8.5 Error Correction in % [0-90] 44 7.8.6 Structured Append 44 7.8.6.1 Use structured append 44 7.8.6.2 Number of all symbols [A…Z] 44 7.8.6.3 Index of this symbol [1…16] 44 7.8.6.4 Message ID 44 7.9 Adjust Properties: Codablock-F 45 7.9.1 Rows [2..44] 45 7.9.2 Columns [4..62] 45 7.9.3 Row height [1/1000 mm] 45 7.9.4 Separator height [1/1000 mm] 45 7.9.5 Code format 45 7.10 Adjust Properties: Data Matrix 46 7.10.1 Code Format 46 7.10.2 Symbol Size 46 7.10.3 Show as Rectangle 46 7.10.4 Structured Append 46 7.10.4.1 Use structured append 47 7.10.4.2 Number of all symbols [2…16] 47 7.10.4.3 Index of this symbol [1…16] 47 7.10.4.4 File-ID [1…64516] 47 7.11 Adjust Properties: MaxiCode 48 7.11.1 Mode 48 7.11.2 Undercut [0..100 %] 48 7.11.3 Preamble Options 48 7.11.3.1 Use Preamble 49 7.11.3.2 Preamble date (0…99) 49 7.11.4 Structured Append 49 Page 3 of 63 TBarCode Office User Manual 7.11.4.1 Use structured append 49 7.11.4.2 Number of all symbols [2…8] 49 7.11.4.3 Index of this symbol [1…8] 49 7.11.5 Structured Carrier Message (SCM) 49 7.11.5.1 Service class [0...999] 49 7.11.5.2 Country code [0...999] 49 7.11.5.3 Postal code [9 digits] 49 7.12 Adjust Properties: PDF417 50 7.12.1 PDF417 50 7.12.1.1 Rows [3..90] 50 7.12.1.2 Row height [1/1000 mm] 50 7.12.1.3 Columns [1..30] 51 7.12.1.4 Error Correction Level 51 7.12.1.5 Encoding Mode 51 7.12.2 MicroPDF417 51 7.12.2.1 Mode 52 7.12.2.2 Version 52 7.12.3 Macro PDF417 (structured append) 52 7.13 Adjust Properties: QR Code® / QR Code 2005 53 7.13.1 Format / Application Indicator 53 7.13.2 Symbol Version (Size) 53 7.13.3 Error Correction Level 53 7.13.4 Mask Pattern 54 7.13.5 Compaction 54 7.13.6 Structured Append 54 7.13.6.1 Use Structured Append 54 7.13.6.2 Parity Byte [0…255] 54 7.13.6.3 Number of all Symbols [2…16] 55 7.13.6.4 Index of this Symbol [1…16] 55 7.14 Adjust Properties: Micro QR Code 56 7.14.1 Symbol Version (Size) 56 7.14.2 Error Correction Level 56 7.14.3 Mask Pattern 56 7.14.4 Compaction 56 7.15 Adjust Properties: Composite/RSS 57 7.15.1 Composite Component 57 7.15.1.1 Data Input for the GS1 Composite Symbology 57 7.15.2 Segments per Row 58 8 Licensing 59 8.1 License Types 59 8.2 Entering your License Data 59 8.2.1 Online Activation using an Activation Key 59 8.2.2 Manual Licensing 60 9 Contact and Support Information 61 Appendix A : Related Downloads 62 A.1 For Software Developers 62 A.2 Barcode Reference 62 Appendix B : FAQ 63 1.1 List of Figures Figure 1: Register Add-In for All Users 8 Figure 2: TBarCode Office User Interface in Word 9 Figure 3: Options Word Add-In 10 Figure 4: TBarCode Office User Interface in Excel 12 Figure 5: Options Excel Add-In 13 Figure 6: Templates complying with various barcode standards 14 Figure 7: Guide for Using Mailings 18 Figure 8: Barcode Label Printing 19 Figure 9: Barcode Label Printing 20 Figure 10: Insert Document Properties 21 Figure 11: Reference Content Controls 22 Figure 12: Link Barcode 25 Figure 13: Guide for Creating Barcode Lists 26 Figure 14: Property Page “Barcode” 29 Page 4 of 63 TBarCode Office User Manual Figure 15: Property Page “Appearance” 33 Figure 16: Quiet Zone Adjustment 35 Figure 17: Property Page “Multiple Barcodes” 39 Figure 18: Property Page “Font” 40 Figure 19: Property Page “Color” 41 Figure 20: Adjust… 42 Figure 21: Advanced Properties: Aztec Code 43 Figure 22: Advanced Properties: Codablock-F 45 Figure 23: Advanced Properties: Data Matrix 46 Figure 24: Advanced Properties: MaxiCode 48 Figure 25: Advanced Properties: PDF417 50 Figure 26: Advanced Properties: QR-Code 53 Figure 27: Advanced Properties: Micro QR-Code 56 Figure 28: Advanced Properties: Composite/RSS 57 Figure 29: License Dialog – Online Activation 59 Figure 30: License Dialog – Manual Licensing 60 1.2 List of Tables Table 1: TBarCode Office Panel in Word 10 Table 2: General Options Word Add-In 11 Table 3: Mail Merge Options Word Add-In 11 Table 4: TBarCode Office Panel in Excel 13 Table 5: Option Settings Excel Add-In 14 Table 6: Compression 30 Table 7: Compression 31 Table 8: Bearer Bars 34 Table 9: Draw Mode 35 Table 10: Text Alignment 36 Table 11: Size Mode 36 Table 12: Resolution 37 Table 13: Decoder 37 Table 14: Codablock-F Code Formats 45 Table 15: Data Matrix Code Formats 46 Table 16: MaxiCode Compaction Modes 48 Table 17: PDF417 Error Correction Levels 51 Table 18: Micro PDF417 Compaction Modes 52 Table 19: QR-Code Formats 53 Table 20: QR-Code Error Correction Levels 53 Table 21: QR-Code Mask Patterns 54 Table 22: QR-Code Compaction Modes 54 Table 23: Composite Component Format 57 Page 5 of 63 TBarCode Office User Manual 2 Disclaimer The actual version of this product (document) is available as is.